Police investigating Winterveldt mob justice murder
Police are investigating a case of mob justice after a man was beaten and stoned to death in Winterveldt.
A man accused of crime was beaten and stoned to death by an angry mob at Lebanon in Winterveldt on Friday.
The armed man — wanted by residents for a spate of criminal activities — was found at Boekenhout.
“He fired a few shots to try and scare off residents, but they chased him and he was caught,” said police spokesperson Sergeant Thembi Nowathe.
“They brought him to Shell garage in Bushveld Road where they began assaulting and stoning him to death.”
Nowathe said locals accused the middle-aged man of a string of crimes, inluding murder and car hijackings.
Police were searching for the people behind his killing.
“As of now, we are still investigating the matter and we caution residents to refrain from taking the law into their own hands,” says Nowathe.
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